氣息奄奄

Chinese

		breath; smell; odour	breathing feebly
trad. (氣息奄奄)		氣息	奄奄
simp. (气息奄奄)		气息	奄奄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìxīyānyān, qìxíyānyān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ, ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧˊ ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ sik¹ jim¹ jim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìxīyānyān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìsiyanyan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-hsi¹-yen¹-yen¹
    • Yale: chì-syī-yān-yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshiianian
    • Palladius: цисияньянь (cisijanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìxíyānyān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧˊ ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìsíyanyan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-hsi²-yen¹-yen¹
    • Yale: chì-syí-yān-yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshyiianian
    • Palladius: цисияньянь (cisijanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ɕi³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ sik¹ jim¹ jim¹
    • Yale: hei sīk yīm yīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ sik⁷ jim¹ jim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ xig¹ yim¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ sɪk̚⁵ jiːm⁵⁵ jiːm⁵⁵/

Idiom

氣息奄奄

1. (of a person) to be close to death; to breathe one's last breath
2. (of a matter) to decline and be close to perishing

Synonyms

• 日薄西山 (rìbóxīshān)
• 奄奄一息 (yǎnyǎnyīxī)